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<br><br>When ya got tha yams...<br><br>Im not a hip hop fan by any stretch however I have to say that Im absolutely smitten with To Pimp a Butterfly.<br>I cant remember the last time I listened to an album that so instantly got my attention and totally pulled me in.<br>Its definitely the first Hip Hop album to ever have that effect on me, thats for sure.
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When ya got tha yams...<br><br>
Im not a hip hop fan by any stretch however I have to say that Im absolutely smitten with To Pimp a Butterfly.<br>
I cant remember the last time I listened to an album that so instantly got my attention and totally pulled me in.<br>
Its definitely the first Hip Hop album to ever have that effect on me, thats for sure.</p>
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<p>I am a massive hiphop fan and a Kendrick fan but King Kunta is a mainstream pice of fluff. </p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Razbra" data-cid="515152" data-time="1441978797"><p>I am a massive hiphop fan and a Kendrick fan but King Kunta is a mainstream pice of fluff.</p></blockquote>Well of course it is, it's sposed to be, right?<br>For me, it's one of the weaker tracks on the album.<br>I much prefer U, These Walls, Institutionalized, For Sale, For Free, Wesleys Theory, alright.<br><br>U - wow. Powerful. Dark. That medley he did on Colbert earlier this week where he finishes off with U gave me the goosies.
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Yeah sorry I left out that I love the album. But the whole king kunta being a supposed play on mainstream hip hop didn't really work. He sacrificed his own quality to prove a point.<br><br>
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<p>Yeah sorry I left out that I love the album. But the whole king kunta being a supposed play on mainstream hip hop didn't really work. He sacrificed his own quality to prove a point.<br><br>
J Cole's recent offering was pretty bloody good<strong>. Also look up Childish Gambino.</strong></p>
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<p>I find it really hard to take him seriously as a rapper (although I like the tracks of his I've heard) - he'll always be Troy.</p>
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<p>He never actually intended to be taken seriously but then realised that he's actually amazing at it. Lyrically a monster, has a crazy good flow and can sing hooks too.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Razbra" data-cid="515255" data-time="1442036508"><p>Yeah sorry I left out that I love the album. But the whole king kunta being a supposed play on mainstream hip hop didn't really work. He sacrificed his own quality to prove a point.<br><br>J Cole's recent offering was pretty bloody good. Also look up Childish Gambino.</p></blockquote>King Kunta was the first Kendrick tune I heard and at the time, it did nothing for me. I was more forgiving once I heard it within the context of TPAB and now I'll happily tap my toe to it although theres a vast gap in terms of depth and musicality compared to the rest of the album.<br><br>I'll check out J Cole / Childish Gambino - chur!
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<p>[b][url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/10/hit-charade/403192/?single_page=true]Hit Charade[/url][/b]<br><br></p><p></p><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote">Meet the bald Norwegians and other unknowns who actually create the songs that top the charts.<br></blockquote><br>
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<p>J Cole and Kendrick are both mainstream as fuck Razbra.</p>
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<p>I've stumbled across this earlier this week, Onehunga boy based in LA now</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://soundcloud.com/smokeygotbeatz/big-bad-cpt-ft-mc-eiht'>https://soundcloud.com/smokeygotbeatz/big-bad-cpt-ft-mc-eiht</a></p>
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<p>JK taking me back to campus radio haze flashbacks. Those are a couple bands I haven't thought about for, hoooo, twenty years. I interviewed Red Kross on that tour, and photographed L7 a couple times on that particular tour. I don't remember anything about either experience. I'm sure it was fun. I'll have to drag the film and tape recordings out one of these days, but until you posted those I didn't think anybody would be the slightest bit interested.</p>
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<p>Still love my old 90s grunge and alternative scene eh. </p>
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<p>Pretty much saw all the bands that came to NZ in that era. Was good times.</p>
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<p>Been listening a fair bit of that stuff on spotify lately. Sure brings back the memories.</p>
